Cobra RAD 380, Owner'S Manual

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ANTI-FALSING CIRCUITRY
Your RAD 380 is designed to provide you the truest alerts and minimize the distraction of
erroneous signals from radar-based fixed-position and moving sources.
• Adjus table Sensitivity: City / Highway modes allow driver to adjust sensitivity to driving
environment, reducing false alarms from fixed position sources such as automatic door
openers.
• IVT Filter: system automatically reduces false alerts from moving In-Vehicle
Technology sources such as collision avoidance systems and adaptive cruise control.
MUTE
Your detector allows you to quickly turn Off an audio Alert by momentarily pressing the MUTE
button. If you press the MUTE button a second time during the Alert, the audio Alert will be
turned back On.
AUTO MUTE
Auto Mute will automatically reduce the audio volume of all alerts after four seconds for as
long as the signal is detected. The factory setting for Auto Mute is On.
To Turn Auto Mute Off
Press and release the MUTE button while no alert is occurring.
RAD 380 will beep
once .
To Turn Auto Mute On
Press and release the MUTE button again while no alert is occurring.
RAD 380 will beep
twice .
DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS
You can choose from three settings for Brightness of the display. Repeatedly push the DIM
button to cycle through the settings. The factory setting is Bright.
VG-2 ALERT SETTINGS
Police use radar detector detectors (RDDs) to spot users of radar detectors. Your detector is
able to identify signals from VG-2 RDDs and can provide alerts when any of these or similar
devices are in use near your vehicle.
Your detector is invisible to VG-2 RDDs. You can choose whether you want to be alerted to VG-2
RDD signals. The factory setting for VG-2 alert is Off.
To Turn VG-2 Alerts On and Off
While no signal is being detected, press and hold the Dim button for four seconds.
On = One beep and V flashes once
Off = Two beeps and V flashes twice